Chevron Fourth-Quarter Profit Hits Record as Refining Surges

Caption:A customer fills gasoline cans with diesel fuel at a Chevron Corp. station San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, said fourth-quarter profit increased 41 percent to a record $7.25 billion as it reported stronger refining results and a gain from an Australian natural gas field swap. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A customer fills gasoline cans with diesel fuel at a Chevron Corp. station San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, said fourth-quarter profit increased 41 percent to a record $7.25 billion as it reported stronger refining results and a gain from an Australian natural gas field swap. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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